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Home My WebLink About2005 TIMELY EXEPENDIITURE CDBG FUNDS ----. -/ -- HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Paul DeCamp Interim Director TO: Honorable Willie H. Mays, III, Interim Mayor Members of the Commission Bobby Hankerson, Chairman, Administrative Services Committee THROUGH: Fred Russell, Administrator FROM: Paul DeCamp, Interim Director SUBJECT: Final AHEDD Recommendation - Timely Expenditure of CDBG Funds DATE: November 15,2005 FINAL RECOMMENDATION: On Tuesday, November 1, 2005, The Augusta Commission ratified a list of expenditures and reprogramming of funds designed to meet the HUD performance threshold for timely expenditure of CDBG funds. In the days since the Commission first approved the changes, AHEDD staff has been doing due diligence work with regard to the proposed projects. This has involved collecting additional background information on proposed new projects, the review of applicable program regulations, meetings with project sponsors, and phone conversations with BUD officials. We have also discovered that the in order to comply with the City's Citizen Participation Policy for the CDBG program, a 30-day public review and comment period on the proposed changes is necessary. Based on these facts and the ongoing due diligence work, AHEDD recommends that the original list of approved projects be amended to include only the three projects in the following table. PROJECT RECOMMENDED AMOUNT $461,064 AHEDD - Reimburse City for CDBG Administrative Costs ANIC Purchase Sunset Villa Apartments for rehabilitation and occupancy by low-and-moderate income households Public Facility Improvements at S1. John's Towers (Install Security System ($45,000) and Replace Carpeting in Common Areas ($84,000) TOTAL $850,000 $129,000 $1,440,064.00 Housing and Economic Development 925 Laney-Walker Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30901 (706) 821-1797 - Fax (706) 821-1784 www.augustaga.gov 1il \:.il(j~,I~M"N,'i CPPORTlJNlTY ~ II ' ...' .. The reasons fo~ recommending this amended list of expenditures include the following: 1. Time being of the essence, the recommended list is limited to proj ects that are eligible acquisition and public facility projects that have no feasibility questions outstanding and for which CDBG funds can be expended as soon as the 30-day public comment period expIres. 2. Reimbursing the City for the full amount of CDBG administrative costs ($461,064) can be done right away, and is not subject to the 30-day public review and comment period. These expenses are already an approved line item in the department's 2005 budget. 3. The recommended list does not include additional expenditures for public services. This minimizes the possibility that public service expenditures for the year will exceed the 15% cap. 4. The total of these expenditures, $1,440,064, represents 84% ofthe estimated funds ($1,719,184) that need to be spent down. You will note that we have omitted the following projects from the list approved by the Augusta Commission. They are all worthwhile projects and deserve further consideration for funding. We are recommending that they be deleted from the list because there are either a number of feasibility issues and questions outstanding, as is the case with Care Management, Inc., represent ineligible items, or because they represent public service expenditures that will push total public service expenses over the 15% cap. . Care Management Consultants, Inc. - $475,000 to acquire the "Crosscreek Shopping Center" at 2439 Peach Orchard Road (comer Bungalow Road). Improvements on the 4.24-acre parcel of land include a 29,320 square foot commercial building and a surface parking lot. CMC has a sales contract pending to purchase the property for $475,000 from the seller, Nancy G. Holmes. CMC proposes to establish a "Comer of Care" that would initially house the CMC offices and their programs for the frail elderly and disabled. The primary CMC programs include the Care Place - information regarding home care of the elderly and disabled and availability of escorts; Care Express - transportation for the elderly and disabled; and Care Institute of Technology - computer training for the elderly, disabled and older workers. CMC would eventually establish an "incubator concept which will be housing for smaller agencies at an affordable rate with the availability of technical and secretarial support. " . Weed and Seed Program - $85,000 for equipment and fumishings for the Weed and Seed Program serving the Barton Village neighborhood. . City of Augusta - $200,000 for equipment, computers, and vans for use at public parks and by non-profit organizations, and to pay for a new security system and carpeting at 81. John's Towers. Note that the funding for the improvements at St. John's Towers remains on the recommended list of projects. Please contact me if you have questions or comments. 2 ~ t- '<:t 0 \0 U lr) 0 C"'-l 0 00 0\ ~ o~ In,, 0 O\~ 00 ~ C"'-l lr) o~ - o~ Z ~ lr) \0 - 00 lr) < C"'-l - C"'-l - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 0 tifl 0 0 .. ~ 0 ~ 0 0 0 ...; 0 0 0 0 Q ~ ~ 0 0 0 0 0 \C ..... ~ o~ 0 0 o~ 0 0 \0 0 ~ 0 lr) o~ o~ \O~ 0 0 Q .. t- OO ~ := ~ \0 0\ C"'-l C"'-l - 'O:t' - t"- \0 ..... C"'-l C"'-l - - 'O:t' rS ~ ~ 0'1 '<:t ...; ~ ~ ~ ~ = .... s ~ -= ..... 0 ..... E-c t- '<:t 0 \0 lr) ~ ~ 0 C"'-l 0 00 0\ CJ ~ 0 lr) 0 0\ 00 ~ ~ t-~ lr) o~ 0\ \O~ ..c C"'-l C"'-l 0 0 t- ~ ~ '<:t . 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